Analytical Chemistry of PCBs / Edition 2

by Mitchell D. Erickson

Overview

This updated and expanded Second Edition of Dr. Erickson's Analytical Chemistry of PCBs appears a decade after the first and is completely revised and updated. The changes from the First Edition reflect the significant growth in the area and a growing appreciation of the importance of PCB analysis to our culture. This book is a comprehensive review of the analytical chemistry of PCBs. It is part history, part annotated bibliography, part comparison, and part guidance. Featuring a new chapter on analyst/customer interactions and several new appendices, the Second Edition is an invaluable resource for both chemists with no experience in PCB analysis and seasoned PCB researchers.
All topics have been more thoroughly treated and updated in this new edition to reflect advances made in the last decade, especially:

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873719230
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/24/1997
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	682
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

IntroductionOverview of PCB Properties, Uses, and OccurrenceRegulatory HistoryAnalytical Chemistry of PCBsPhysical, Chemical, Commercial, Environmental, and Biological PropertiesIntroductionPCB NomenclaturePhysical PropertiesSynthesis and StandardsProduction and UseEnvironmental OccurrenceEnvironmental Transport and FateDestruction, Degradation, and MetabolismToxicologyOccupational Exposure and Its EffectsAnalytical ProceduresU.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ProceduresANSI and ASTM ProceduresProcedures for Food and FishProcedures for Byproduct AnalysisFuture NeedsSample Collection and StorageSampling DesignWaterAirNatural Gas in PipelinesSoils and SedimentsOther SolidsSurfacesOil, Dielectric Fluids, Etc.Biological SamplesExtractionGeneral ConsiderationsWaterSewage and SludgeSediment and SoilAirBloodAnimal and Plant TissuesPaper ProductsOilsWipes and Other Bulk SamplesAncillary ConsiderationsCleanupAdsorbent Column ChromatographyHigh Performance Liquid ChromatographyThin-Layer ChromatographyAdsorbent Slurry TechniquesGel Permeation ChromatographyLiquid-Liquid PartitioningChemical DegradationCleanup and Oil SamplesSulfur RemovalComparison of Cleanup TechniquesCriteria for Choice of a Cleanup TechniqueValidation of Cleanup TechniquesFuture NeedsDeterminationCriteria for Choice of TechniquesGas ChromatographyThin-Layer ChromatographyHigh Performance Liquid ChromatographySupercritical Fluid ChromatographyNonchromatographic MethodsConfirmationField AnalysesScreeningSummaryData ReductionQualitativeQuantitativeData ReportingPotential Improvements in Data ReductionQuality AssuranceGeneral ConsiderationsSpecial Considerations in PCB AnalysesPrevious QC MeasuresRecomme

Editorial Reviews

"...contains an enormous wealth of information and is an extremely comprehensive reference book...really has everything: extraction; cleanup; determination; QC; etc., for determining PCBs in a wide variety of matrices."-D.J. Roberts, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol

From the Publisher

Reviews PCB analysis, providing both general and detailed critical examinations of the PCB literature. Covers standard methods, including tables and critical reviews of methods used in the US and elsewhere for PCBs in the environment, food, and other matrices. Addresses customer/analyst interactions, demonstrating how to achieve successful communication when PCB analyses must be performed. Provides an overview of PCB background, including physical and chemical properties, destruction techniques, manufacturing and use history, environmental fate and transport, and technology. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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